I have had this on my calendar and the IheartPGH calendar ever since I saw the preview in the Pittsburgh Filmmaker’s email last month. Through June 5, 2008 the Harris Theaters is showing the documentary Girls Rock! – a documentary about a week long rock and roll camp for girls in Portland Oregon. Continue reading
For the fourth and final sunday of “calling all Coenheads” Pittsburgh Filmmakers is bringing The Big Lebowski to the big screen.
The Big Lebowski
Sunday, April 27, 2008 8pm at the Regent Square Theater
Pittsburgh Filmmakers is always bringing good stuff to town. This film looks particularly interesting and includes a pre-screening reception with live music from an assortment of local artists.
Saturday March 8, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Melwood Screening Room
Live music at 6:30, Film Begins at 7:30
The Other Side of the Mirror: Dylan Live at Newport Folk Festival
After plugging in at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, Bob Dylan’s break with the folk scene was complete. The ensuing sonic assault caused pandemonium among the crowd, including an apoplectic Pete Seeger, and ruptured Dylan’s standing among many of his longtime fans. This collection of Dylan’s performances at the festival, taken over three years and filled with never-before-seen footage, charts his rapid evolution as an artist.
Live music by Paul Luc, Ben Hardt, Nicole Reynolds, Scotts Roger, Brad Yoder, and Steven Foxbury.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0flePpD9NU[/youtube]
(h/t to PopCity Media)
I have a thing for documentary films, I love them. Thus I am very interested in seeing this documentary, King Corn, at Pittsburgh Filmmakers this weekend. King Corn is the story of two friends who plant and grow an acre of corn in Iowa and try to follow their corn across the country to see where food comes from. I enjoyed (was terrified by) Fast Food Nation and I really really like corn, so I am looking forward to checking out this film. Continue reading
This is quite the opposite end of the spectrum from the documentary I wrote about last week. But I am sure there are some Pee-wee Herman fans in town.p Pittsburgh Filmmakers will be showing Pee-wee’s Big Adventure this Sunday, 8pm at the Regent Square Theater.